The quality that stuck with me the most from Gogol’s “The Nose” was the story’s silliness. I was amused by the possibility of a nose with legs and my dreams came true when Shostakovich’s opera was able to bring the nose … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
My animation is centered on the ideas of greed and mystery. In the story, Major Kovaloff is a victim of his own false pride and delusional ego. The series of events that follow is due to two tragedies: Kovaloff’s failure … Continue reading
Moses Schrem, Jia Jun Wu, Shixu Zheng Our sound sculpture tells a story of a boy who goes through the experiences of adolescence and immigration. The story begins with the boy feeling that his life is rapidly changing. As he … Continue reading
For my animation, I focused on the themes of absurdity, helplessness and disorientation. The absurdity, helplessness and disorientation that accompany a bad day influenced my choice of images. Personally when I have a bad day, it feels like I have … Continue reading
Click on the black box to view the GIF While reading Gogol’s “The Nose” all I could think about and visualize was Russia. The libretto epitomized Russian culture and social standing; reminding me of my high school and my old … Continue reading
Our sound transformation is done to represent the events that come along with falling in love. It starts off with a kind of monotonous piece of music to represent the monotone lives that people live before meeting their significant life. … Continue reading
For my creative project animation, I decided to focus on the theme of social class and hierarchy. In Gogol’s The Nose, Kovaloff awakes one morning without his nose and desperately tries to hide his loss to avoid social humiliation. Throughout the … Continue reading
Creative Project By Nicolette Belitsis, Diana Perlov, Adona Pjetergjoka … Continue reading
This article discusses a recent new exhibition for the Smithsonian Art Museum which features work from many artists across multiple disciplines that all correlate to a theme of destruction and chaos. Saltpeter and tnt blocks by Liz Larner sit side … Continue reading
For my animation, I drew my inspiration from the theme of the supernatural and “dream-like” state in The Nose. In the beginning, my animation starts out with a weird background, representing the strange items and the hallucination aspect of the … Continue reading